Development of Soft Tissue Stiffness Measuring Device for Minimally Invasive Surgery by using Sensing Cum Actuating Method

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 291-295

  Ju, M S ^a   Vong, H M ^a   Lin, C C K ^b   Ling, S F ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

electrical impedance; mechanical impedance; minimally invasive surgery; sensing cum actuating; Soft tissue stiffness

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SENSING-CUM-ACTUATING; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LIVER; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SILICONES; STIFFNESS;

TISSUE;

EID: 84891959978     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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